Chart 4
Gang-related homicides, by method used to cause death, Canada, 2007 to 2020
Note(s):
These data became available in 1991. A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that the accused person and/or the victim involved in the homicide was either a member, or a prospective member, of an organized crime group or street gang or was somehow associated with an organized crime group or street gang, and the homicide was carried out as a result of this association. Prior to 2005, police were asked if the homicide was "gang-related." Beginning in 2005, the question was amended to give police the option of specifying whether the homicide was either (a) confirmed as gang related or (b) suspected as being gang-related. As such, figures may be underestimated prior to 2005 due to suspected gang-related incidents that were excluded from the figures. The "other" category includes strangulation, suffocation, drowning, smoke inhalation, burns (fire, liquid, acid), poisoning or lethal injection, exposure/hypothermia, shaken baby syndrome, and other methods.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey (3315).
Chart description
This is a line chart.
| Shooting | Stabbing | Beating | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 68.9 | 20.2 | 9.2 | 1.7 |
| 2008 | 79.3 | 12.6 | 7.4 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | 81.7 | 12.5 | 4.2 | 1.7 |
| 2010 | 78.3 | 13.0 | 2.2 | 6.5 |
| 2011 | 64.1 | 23.9 | 5.4 | 6.5 |
| 2012 | 73.9 | 12.0 | 9.8 | 4.3 |
| 2013 | 71.1 | 20.5 | 6.0 | 2.4 |
| 2014 | 76.5 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| 2015 | 76.1 | 15.2 | 6.5 | 2.2 |
| 2016 | 81.0 | 10.2 | 5.1 | 3.6 |
| 2017 | 86.7 | 7.0 | 3.8 | 2.5 |
| 2018 | 82.8 | 8.6 | 6.0 | 2.6 |
| 2019 | 84.8 | 10.1 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2020 | 78.3 | 11.6 | 6.5 | 3.6 |
Note(s):
These data became available in 1991. A homicide is classified as gang-related when police confirm or suspect that the accused person and/or the victim involved in the homicide was either a member, or a prospective member, of an organized crime group or street gang or was somehow associated with an organized crime group or street gang, and the homicide was carried out as a result of this association. Prior to 2005, police were asked if the homicide was "gang-related." Beginning in 2005, the question was amended to give police the option of specifying whether the homicide was either (a) confirmed as gang related or (b) suspected as being gang-related. As such, figures may be underestimated prior to 2005 due to suspected gang-related incidents that were excluded from the figures. The "other" category includes strangulation, suffocation, drowning, smoke inhalation, burns (fire, liquid, acid), poisoning or lethal injection, exposure/hypothermia, shaken baby syndrome, and other methods.
Source(s):
Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics, Homicide Survey (3315).
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